Sally Hawkins Biography

British actress Sally Hawkins parlayed her English refinement into an extremely varied series of roles beginning in the early 2000s -- including occasional crime-themed action pictures, social-consciousness dramas, and contemporary suspensers. She took one of her first international bows as a 19th century lesbian in the U.K. miniseries Tipping the Velvet (2002), appeared as Slasher in Matthew Vaughn's Guy Ritchie-influenced gangster film Layer Cake (2004), and played Susan, a pregnant rich girl desperate for an abortion, in Mike Leigh's searing, heart-wrenching character study Vera Drake (2004). The actress then signed for one of the key roles in Woody Allen's European thriller Cassandra's Dream. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

• 1. Reporter 1: What if Mrs. Castle says no?
  2. Reporter 2: Yeah, how will you cope then?
  3. Rita O'Grady: How will we cope? How will we cope? We're women. Now please stop asking stupid questions.
  From Made in Dagenham. Submitted by Zee A (12 months ago)

• 1. Rita O'Grady: Look I know you're not mentioning it because you're being polite and everything, but that day when we met in the corridor, well, I was really upset, and I never really use that type of language.
  From Made in Dagenham. Submitted by Chris P (13 months ago)